Community Calendar

Join us for a 6-week course exploring the twelve principles of permaculture design. Each week the class will dive into two principles, blending thoughtful discussion with hands-on practice in a living garden installation at Tillers International. Skills will vary based on garden needs and weather, but will include multiple fall bed preparation methods, mapping and planning, tool maintenance, and more!

Garden Prep Masterclass
Do you want a garden that’s the envy of the neighborhood? For the first time ever, Delano Farm is thrilled to present the Garden Prep Masterclass, a three-part deep dive into setting your garden up for success. You’ll leave not just with knowledge, but also your own hand-made seed-starting station complete with heat mat, all the seeds you need for your first year, and a community of other beginning gardeners to help you!

Session one: Site selection, soil-testing, preparing your plot.

Session two: Creating a scale map, choosing plants and ordering seeds.

Session three: Building a simple seed starting set-up, creating a calendar for seed starting and transplanting.

Wednesdays, October 21, November 4, and November 18, 6:30-8:30pm

Meet: Visitor Center front desk

Fee: KNC Members $128; Non-Members $160 (for all 3 classes- sessions cannot be bought individually)

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Audience: Adults

This class will look at using an open fire to cook a variety of foods. Fire management, clean techniques and food safety, and basic tools and utensils will be examined. This class will also include a section on cleaning fish. Additionally, we will produce several pot suspension systems. Bring a plate, cup, utensils, and an appetite!

Saturday, October 31st: 9am-12pm
An introduction class on how to harvest and craft with roadkill deer. Participants will be shown visual examples on how to differentiate salvageable from unsalvageable deer. We will also discuss road safety, roadkill salvage permits, and utilizing as much of the deer as possible. The class will end with a fun game and venison lunch.

Sunday, November 1st: 8am-until finished
Participants will arrive at 8am for a guided roadkill drive. Depending on how many attendees arrive, another person may be asked to drive. Volunteer drivers will be provided with detailed maps. We will examine every roadkill deer we pass, in order to determine if the animal is salvageable or not. If we find a salvageable deer, we will bring it back to Tillers for a butchering demonstration, which will take up most of the day. Participants will come home with meat, as well as other parts of the deer they wish to take. Participants should bring a sharp knife, and a change of clothing. Please wear warm clothing, it will likely be cold outside. Participants will learn:

- How to identify a salvageable deer
- Road Safety
- How to fill out a salvage permit
- Spotting hidden damage and ruptured organs
- How to fill out a CWD test
- Butchering skills
- Utilizing as much of the deer as possible

This beginner class will teach how to kill chickens (optional), and will show how to pluck, process, skin, gut, and butcher chickens. We will also harvest livers, gizzards, and hearts. Students will each take home their butchered and processed chicken.

Saturday, October 31st: 9am-12pm
An introduction class on how to harvest and craft with roadkill deer. Participants will be shown visual examples on how to differentiate salvageable from unsalvageable deer. We will also discuss road safety, roadkill salvage permits, and utilizing as much of the deer as possible. The class will end with a fun game and venison lunch.

Sunday, November 1st: 8am-until finished
Participants will arrive at 8am for a guided roadkill drive. Depending on how many attendees arrive, another person may be asked to drive. Volunteer drivers will be provided with detailed maps. We will examine every roadkill deer we pass, in order to determine if the animal is salvageable or not. If we find a salvageable deer, we will bring it back to Tillers for a butchering demonstration, which will take up most of the day. Participants will come home with meat, as well as other parts of the deer they wish to take. Participants should bring a sharp knife, and a change of clothing. Please wear warm clothing, it will likely be cold outside. Participants will learn:

- How to identify a salvageable deer
- Road Safety
- How to fill out a salvage permit
- Spotting hidden damage and ruptured organs
- How to fill out a CWD test
- Butchering skills
- Utilizing as much of the deer as possible

Nature Zine Night
Get creative and stop by KNC for a Nature Zine Night! Learn how to fold one-page zines and express yourself with an array of nature-themed art supplies.

Scissor hands cramping? Don’t worry, our animal ambassadors will be making the rounds throughout the night to keep artistic spirits high!

Thursday, November 5, 2026, 6:30-8:30pm

Meet: Coopers Glen Auditorium inside Visitor Center

Fee: KNC Members $5; Non-Members $7

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Audience: Young Adults, Teens

This two-day workshop gives you the opportunity to build 2 brooms from start to finish. We start both brooms the same by wrapping a core onto a handle. After that we will finish one with woven stems and the other by plaiting with basket reed or with cut corn stems. Then we will stitch them to finish.

Invasives of Michigan
You’ve probably heard a lot about some invasive species in Michigan. Garlic mustard, sea lampreys, spotted lanternflies… all of these have been in our news cycles, but let’s take a deeper look together. We’ll talk about our native habitats, the ways that species have found their way here and consider how we can have empathy for these harmful new neighbors.

Saturday, November 7, 2026, 10-11 am

Meet: Cooper’s Glen Auditorium inside the Visitor Center

Fee: Included in regular KNC admission; KNC Members free!

Audience: All ages

Tree Cookie Painting
Looking for a relaxing way to spend an afternoon? Come by for a laid-back art experience and let your inner artist out by painting a tree cookie!

Saturday, November 7, 2026, 2-3 pm

Meet: Visitor Center Classroom

Fee: KNC Members free; Non-Members $10

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Audience: All ages